Algae ID (red bubble algae?

skeety · 09-22-2005, 02:33 PM

okay...was moving stuff about in the tank (as, like most of you, I can't stand anything being where it is for more than a week or two tops...sigh

) and I went to move one of my teeny-tiny frags.

When I looked on the bottom (don't know why), I noticed THIS:

It looks like bubble algae, only it's red/rust colored.

As far as shape, they resemble water towers

hopefully this pick is good enough. (heck, you can see my fingerprints. I hope no one uses this against me...

)

skeety · 09-23-2005, 06:37 AM

^bump

tims · 09-23-2005, 06:43 AM

mike , give me a little bit... i have come across it in my research before . just gota remember where...

you gota keep you hands out of htat tank of yours!...

tims · 09-23-2005, 06:51 AM

it is possible that it is not cyano,
just maybe it is
Botryocladia skottsbergii

Botryocladia skottsbergii

B. skottsbergii has a unique appearance, resembling rounded balls on short stalks. This seaweed is dark red to dark green, I to 3 cm tall, and grows in clusters in shaded places such as overhanging ledges, holes, and crevices on reef flats and in lower intertidal habitats along rocky coastlines.

or

Scinaia hormoides

S. hormoides has branches from 3 to 7 mm in diameter with very distinctive regular constrictions which give it the appearance of chains of elongated spheres. The height varies from 5 to 15 cm, the color is pink to red, and it grows in subtidal habitats below 3 m.

Loverotties · 09-23-2005, 07:26 AM

Looks more like the 1st one,by looking at the pic

laja9801 · 09-23-2005, 07:37 AM

Check this article down the page aways and you will see the name that Tims mentioned. I have had this before and it was kind of a pain and I never fully got rid of it. As it seemed to appear out of nowhere

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-0...ture/index.php

Edited:This is what I think I had Botryocladia skottsbergii

skeety · 09-23-2005, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tims

it is possible that it is not cyano,
just maybe it is
Botryocladia skottsbergii

Botryocladia skottsbergii

B. skottsbergii has a unique appearance, resembling rounded balls on short stalks. This seaweed is dark red to dark green, I to 3 cm tall, and grows in clusters in shaded places such as overhanging ledges, holes, and crevices on reef flats and in lower intertidal habitats along rocky coastlines.

That's definitely it!

I'm taking it it's BAD? (argh)

skeety · 09-23-2005, 04:13 PM

From wetwebmedia.com:

Botryocladia (red bubble algae) 1/11/04
New to the reef thing!!! So the questions might be silly sorry.

I have a 120 gal reef tank and about 130lbs of live rock. After buying the live rock I had run out of money so basically have watched the rock grow with only a couple corals in the tank and hermits and snails.

Anyway I have a lot of what I think is Botryocladia skottsbergii over a lot of the live rock. I don't really have any other "bad" algae problems no slime in my tank very few of the big green bubble. 1. Should I be concerned about it?
<not at all... it is very desirable to most aquarists. Rather hard to procure and somewhat "ethereal" in existence. Enjoy it while you can>
2. Is there anything that feeds on it?

Sounds like it's good to me!